Kingsbridge Community College may have a picturesque setting in South Hams, between Exeter and Plymouth, but the 1,295-pupil school is contending with the same challenges facing many in the state sector: a cut in funding and falling attendance rates since the pandemic. Despite this, its 2023 A-level and GCSE results are a standout success, and it has jumped 55 places to become one of the top 200 state schools in the UK. It is The Sunday Times Parent Power Southwest Secondary School of the Year 2024.
This is a truly comprehensive school with pupils from a diverse range of social and economic backgrounds, many of whom travel by bus for up to two hours a day. Key to the stellar results is the way the
